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president obama awarded the medal of honor to retired army staff sergeant clinton romesha for his incredible bravery during one of the most fierce attacks in our nation's longest war. after today's emotional ceremony in the east room, there are now 80 living recipients of our nation's highest award for military valor. our report tonight from our pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: wedged deep into a valley surrounded by soaring mountains, combat outpost keating in eastern afghanistan was a death trap. for staff sergeant clint romesha, it was indefensible. >> every which direction you looked, you were looking straight up at the mountain. >> reporter: romesha and the other soldiers at cop keating were under constant attack. but in october 2009, the taliban launched the most ferocious assault ever. and unleashed a deadly downpour of fire like shooting fish in a barrel. >> 360 degrees, we were taking, you know, rfgs, machine gunfire, mortar fire was coming in. i mean, it was accurate. it was, you know, on target. it was pinning positions down. >> reporter: the americans were v
president obama awarded the medal of honor to retired army staff sergeant clinton romesha for his incredible bravery during one of the most fierce attacks in our nation's longest war. after today's emotional ceremony in the east room, there are now 80 living recipients of our nation's highest award for military valor. our report tonight from our pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. >> reporter: wedged deep into a valley surrounded by soaring mountains, combat outpost keating in...
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click to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, >> pelley: today president obama awarded the medal of honor to staff sergeant clinton romesha. in 2009 with forces under taliban attack, a wounded romesha ducked enemy fire to rescue other wounded soldiers and recover bodies. david martin spoke to romesha about the battle. >> reporter: you have to see come bout outpost keeping to realize how indefensible it was from an attack from these taliban fighters. just 52 american soldiers were down there, plus staff sergeant cliff romesha. >> we were taking everything from very precise sniper fire, automatic weapon fire marxshine gun positions. we were taking mortar and indirect fire, r.p.g. fire. >> reporter: where was it coming from? >> all 360 degrees around us. from every high point. >> reporter: were you taking casualties? >> we had taken casualties in the first barrage of fire that came in and then continued to take them throughout the remainder of the fire fight. >> reporter: a recreation of the battle shows romesha was everywhere that day-- running across open ground
click to learn more. [ male announcer ] if you can't afford your medication, >> pelley: today president obama awarded the medal of honor to staff sergeant clinton romesha. in 2009 with forces under taliban attack, a wounded romesha ducked enemy fire to rescue other wounded soldiers and recover bodies. david martin spoke to romesha about the battle. >> reporter: you have to see come bout outpost keeping to realize how indefensible it was from an attack from these taliban fighters....
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president obama is preparing to deliver his first state of the union address of his new term, tomorrow. the american people will be listening carefully to his plans to grow the economy, especially as they struggle with less take home pay, and worries about their jobs. while there are signs of improvement in the economy, the unemployment rate rose in january to 7.9%. so what is the current state of the economy? erika miller talked to two experts with different views. >> reporter: it may seem strange to many investors that the stock market can be hovering at five- year highs, when the economy is so weak. but what's fueling the rally is not the current situation, it's hope. >> we've taken out some of the downside tail risks. so, we're feeling like although it's not going to be a boom-y year, at least it will be a year where we can reasonably expect that the economy will continue to, you know, make progress. >> reporter: he expects there will be a continued slow, but steady, fall in the unemployment rate. in addition, the housing market recovery is spreading. >> we've seen a pick-up in hou
president obama is preparing to deliver his first state of the union address of his new term, tomorrow. the american people will be listening carefully to his plans to grow the economy, especially as they struggle with less take home pay, and worries about their jobs. while there are signs of improvement in the economy, the unemployment rate rose in january to 7.9%. so what is the current state of the economy? erika miller talked to two experts with different views. >> reporter: it may...
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. >> president obama extended appreciation and prayers to his holiness and did the vice- president. >> his decision reinforced at this is a man of great integrity. >> catholic -- it is too early to tell who is going to succeed. >> they want the right man. >> there is a lot of speculation about whether the next pope will be under or perhaps someone from the developing world. there are no clear front runners. it is expected the vatican will hold a conclave next week to select a new pontiff before easter. >> right now we're getting reaction from some local catholic leaders. barry simms joins us in north baltimore. >> the archbishop said he was surprised this morning to hear the news. he called pope benedict xvi a man of humility, reflection, and wisdom and as the faithful to pray for the pope and also the church. worshippers in downtown baltimore are fighting hard to believe. some tell us that the respect his decision to step down. >> it will never be easy for him but whether it is the right decision, you do not know until history shows as the right decision. >> he cannot do his job if h
. >> president obama extended appreciation and prayers to his holiness and did the vice- president. >> his decision reinforced at this is a man of great integrity. >> catholic -- it is too early to tell who is going to succeed. >> they want the right man. >> there is a lot of speculation about whether the next pope will be under or perhaps someone from the developing world. there are no clear front runners. it is expected the vatican will hold a conclave next week...
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the folks on abby martin so last week i talked about the newly leaked memo on obama's criteria to target assassinate u.s. citizens abroad it's a terrifying document that's all too reminiscent of the bush era torture memos so it was that surprising to find an op ed written by the torture architect himself john yoo on this very topic in the wall street journal use main problem with the kill list memo that obama's actually granting too much due process i kid you not he writes quote by including terrorists among those afforded constitutional protections the president's policy risk stretching those protections a mile wide and deep weakening them for all americans ok ok so john you actually believe that extending the rights of due process to human beings who are targeted for assassination abroad on mere suspicion somehow diminishes due process right here in america now a man flip that logic on its head because the office it's actually true deny new process to anyone is a dangerous precedent which normalizes and conditions americans to accept the lack of due process as it relates to them you en
the folks on abby martin so last week i talked about the newly leaked memo on obama's criteria to target assassinate u.s. citizens abroad it's a terrifying document that's all too reminiscent of the bush era torture memos so it was that surprising to find an op ed written by the torture architect himself john yoo on this very topic in the wall street journal use main problem with the kill list memo that obama's actually granting too much due process i kid you not he writes quote by including...
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. >> president obama will use his state of the union address tomorrow night to say that creating jobs for american workers is a priority in his second term. just how he intends to do that is of particular interest to business leaders. it is something that bill knows a lot about. he spent 40 years at the top of one of the largest hotel empires. it is called "without reservations." >> just at the end of last year we saw that the u.s. economy was starting to slow down again. from your perspective, how do you see the state of the american economy? >> it is still uncertain. we really need to get the economy growing. the only way to get jobs is to add and grow the economy. the economy will not grow as long as government intrudes and tells us what to do. there is a lot of shore that we would like to bring back. the tax coming back on that money is way too high. >> we know that jobs and growth will be a big part of the state of the union address tomorrow night. the new ceo has been down at the white house talking to the president. >> he is going to really focus on growth of the economy. the o
. >> president obama will use his state of the union address tomorrow night to say that creating jobs for american workers is a priority in his second term. just how he intends to do that is of particular interest to business leaders. it is something that bill knows a lot about. he spent 40 years at the top of one of the largest hotel empires. it is called "without reservations." >> just at the end of last year we saw that the u.s. economy was starting to slow down again....
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state of the union address on tuesday for the first time after his reelection obama will speak before congress and the nation to share his plan on restoring prosperity for the middle class new york based economist max wolf says the middle class in the us has been deprived of many social guarantees by the economic situation in the country. i think it's a bit pessimistic but largely accurate to call it the way i like to call it now which is the artist formerly known as the middle class so what's actually happened is a lot of what it's meant to be middle class in america has been access to affordable higher education college and university ability to retire with some security ability to own a home an ability to have health care and really all four of those pillars of the mass middle class experience that defined post world war two america are either nimble being nibbled away by economic change or in some can't take cases those legs have collapsed for tens of millions of american families their state of the union comes right after the inaugural speech the second inauguration which was ver
state of the union address on tuesday for the first time after his reelection obama will speak before congress and the nation to share his plan on restoring prosperity for the middle class new york based economist max wolf says the middle class in the us has been deprived of many social guarantees by the economic situation in the country. i think it's a bit pessimistic but largely accurate to call it the way i like to call it now which is the artist formerly known as the middle class so what's...
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obama wants a hike in taxes. he predicts tomorrow night extremely aggressive against republicans on this. he will then go through the litany of all the horrible stuff that is going to happen. if the sequester happens. the food stamps out of the mouth of babes. because the republicans are protecting the oil companies, corporate jet owners and the rich, et cetera, the usual suspects. it will be at the heart of the speech and it's all to back republicans, so he can control washington. >> bret: usually the "state of the union" speeches are not necessarily newsworthy. shopping list of things they want to get done and policies to get through. to have leaked this week two days before, day before, that it's going to be aggressive in taupe and tenor, it was strange, wasn't it? >> charles might be right how aggressive he is and how partisan it sounds. how ill received it ultimately is. but what is interesting about this one is that in many ways it's the most consequencial "state of the union" address. free from constraint
obama wants a hike in taxes. he predicts tomorrow night extremely aggressive against republicans on this. he will then go through the litany of all the horrible stuff that is going to happen. if the sequester happens. the food stamps out of the mouth of babes. because the republicans are protecting the oil companies, corporate jet owners and the rich, et cetera, the usual suspects. it will be at the heart of the speech and it's all to back republicans, so he can control washington. >>...
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this is an important moment for obama. he's got a lot on his plate. there's gun control. he has to make a very important case for his gun control proposals. immigration is in trouble, i believe in this town. he's got to make a very forceful case for immigration. he's got to most of all perhaps make a very strong occasion for his position on the upcoming sequestration site and budget cuts. the republicans are positioning so that they're going to try to blame obama if sequestration takes effect and those cuts take effect and obama's going to have to say no, here's my position and here's why you, american voters, should support it. he's got to talk about jobs and the middle class and growth for the american country. there's a lot. >> he does have a big list. thanks for going through that with us. when we see the president tomorrow we're going to see all of what you just mentioned. i think the things that are sexiest to america right now are guns and sequestration. the guns are sexiest to washington. we really appreciate your in sights, again. michael tomasky newsweek and the
this is an important moment for obama. he's got a lot on his plate. there's gun control. he has to make a very important case for his gun control proposals. immigration is in trouble, i believe in this town. he's got to make a very forceful case for immigration. he's got to most of all perhaps make a very strong occasion for his position on the upcoming sequestration site and budget cuts. the republicans are positioning so that they're going to try to blame obama if sequestration takes effect...
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senate pushed back today against a threat to hold up two of president obama's cabinet nominees. the chair of the armed services committee, carl levin, announced plans for a tuesday vote on chuck hagel to be defense secretary. on sunday, republican senator lindsay graham warned he might hold up hagel and john brennan, the choice for c.i.a. director. graham demanded more information on the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi, libya. today, white house, spokesman jay carney rejected any delay. >> what is unfortunate here is the continuing attempt to politicize an issue -- in this case through nominees that themselves had nothing to do with bengs ay and to do so so in a way that does harm to our national security interest. senator hagel, mr. brennan, they need to be confirmed. they're highly qualified candidates for their posts. >> sreenivasan: any effort to hold up the hagel and brennan nominations would wait until they reach the floor of the senate. former u.s. army staff sergeant clinton romesha received the nation's highest military decoration this afternoon, the medal of honor. o
senate pushed back today against a threat to hold up two of president obama's cabinet nominees. the chair of the armed services committee, carl levin, announced plans for a tuesday vote on chuck hagel to be defense secretary. on sunday, republican senator lindsay graham warned he might hold up hagel and john brennan, the choice for c.i.a. director. graham demanded more information on the u.s. consulate attack in benghazi, libya. today, white house, spokesman jay carney rejected any delay....
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president obama is putting the finishing touches on his state of the union address. he will address a joint session of congress and the nation tomorrow night. he is expected to lay out priorities for his second term, among them gun-control immigration, and clean energy. florida senator marco rubio will lay of the republican response and rand paul will respond for the tea party. >> president obama presented the medal of honor. he led a few dozen soldiers into repelling an attack in 2009. 8 soldiers were killed in that battle. heat suffered wounds to his hip -- he suffered wounds to his hip and neck, but he kept on fighting. >> i am grateful that they are here with us, and any one of them will tell you, we were not going to be beat that the. i want them to know how proud i am of them. >> he says that he accepts the medal of honor with mixed emotions. he feels toward for successfully accomplishing this mission, but sad because the many lives were lost. >> first of the iphone, then the ipad. tonight it appears that apple is preparing for a new gadget. >> 7 is on your sid
president obama is putting the finishing touches on his state of the union address. he will address a joint session of congress and the nation tomorrow night. he is expected to lay out priorities for his second term, among them gun-control immigration, and clean energy. florida senator marco rubio will lay of the republican response and rand paul will respond for the tea party. >> president obama presented the medal of honor. he led a few dozen soldiers into repelling an attack in 2009. 8...
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obama pivots to job creation january 28, 2010, in san francisco cosanfrancisco chroni. and in reuters february 24, 2012, obama to focus on jobs and the deficit, washington post, february 10, 200013, obama to pivot back to the economy. >> the president came in, he spent almost a trillion dollars on stimulus spending he would that would -- he thought that would create jobs, if you somehow took a colo dollar from someone and give it to someone else you would have two dollars in the economy, it does not work, president keeps talking about going back to jobs, he means back to additional stimulus spending. gerri: if we translated to obama speak it would be more federal spending, unemployment rate under president obama, higher than when we came into office, we had no traction, despite the jobs council, that done work, despite all stimulus spending, what is it going to take? it is a matter of confidence? is something else going on. >> all of the recession reaction that obama and his administration spent 4 years drafting, one they look at them said, it would be better if we didn
obama pivots to job creation january 28, 2010, in san francisco cosanfrancisco chroni. and in reuters february 24, 2012, obama to focus on jobs and the deficit, washington post, february 10, 200013, obama to pivot back to the economy. >> the president came in, he spent almost a trillion dollars on stimulus spending he would that would -- he thought that would create jobs, if you somehow took a colo dollar from someone and give it to someone else you would have two dollars in the economy,...
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el presidente barack obama expresÓ su reconocimiento al trabajo realizado a lo largo de ocho aÑos como cabeza de la iglesia catÓlica y extendio Ó sus mejores deseos para aquellos quienes se reunirÁn para elegir al sucesor. obama dijo y citamos: "en nombre de todos los estadounidenses, michelle y yo queremos extender nuestro aprecio y oraciones a su santidad el papa, benedicto xvi... michelle y yo recordamos con cariÑo nuestro encuentro con el santo padre en 2009 y he apreciado nuestro trabajo juntos en los u Últimos cuatro aÑos", manifestÓ el presidente obama en un comunicado....miente los paises donde mas catolicos existen en el mundo, el secretario general de la conferencia del episcopado eugenio lira tambien reacciono y destaco que la decisiÓn de benedicto xvi fortalece la fe. "invitamos por lo tanta a todos catÓlicos de mÉxico a que recibamos esta decisio Ón del papa con un espiritu...y tambiÉn nos pongamos en oraciÓn para que dios ilumine a los cardinales electores y puedan descrubir quien sido el sucesor del papa benedicto 16." ..pero quien era benedicto 16.....y com
el presidente barack obama expresÓ su reconocimiento al trabajo realizado a lo largo de ocho aÑos como cabeza de la iglesia catÓlica y extendio Ó sus mejores deseos para aquellos quienes se reunirÁn para elegir al sucesor. obama dijo y citamos: "en nombre de todos los estadounidenses, michelle y yo queremos extender nuestro aprecio y oraciones a su santidad el papa, benedicto xvi... michelle y yo recordamos con cariÑo nuestro encuentro con el santo padre en 2009 y he apreciado...
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obama. michael moore began by responding to a question about how he got involved. >> i have been involved in this sort of thing for a very long time. in general, in terms of these issues, i was the chair of the american civil liberties union influence. i was 19 or 20 years old. what chris said in the last panel here about the corporate couldn't talk, something i've been talking or try to talk about for a couple of decades since roger and me, that something was afoot and we're going to have our democratic way absconded with. i agree with him that it has been successful. but i remain an optimist because i know history and i know coup d'etats the successful efforts were eventually overthrown. i want to use that word "overthrown" publicly tonight so this can be replayed at my trial. [applause] [phone rings] should we get that? who ordered the pizza? >> really, let's ignore it. >> i have had to deal with the issue of the police tried to suppress information or cause harm on any of those levels so
obama. michael moore began by responding to a question about how he got involved. >> i have been involved in this sort of thing for a very long time. in general, in terms of these issues, i was the chair of the american civil liberties union influence. i was 19 or 20 years old. what chris said in the last panel here about the corporate couldn't talk, something i've been talking or try to talk about for a couple of decades since roger and me, that something was afoot and we're going to...
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. >>> still ahead, president obama will deliver his state of the union address tomorrow night. and we'll have more on what he is expected to tack about next. sue. >>> -- talk about. >>> and temperaturewise, we're starting to see more and more people pop into the warmer temperatures. i will let you know what we expect overnight, and you know what? a couple of chances for snow in the forecast, too. maybe you don't want to hear that. what is going in sports. >> not only is georgetown taking on big east leading marquette, they're looking for payback after the heart eye breaker. and the caps get set to hit the road again and hoping ovechkin's warm-up continues. straight ahead in the sports edge. >> and if you have a story, call the tipline or sunday know, mail to www.fox5tips@wttg.com. and...donene. did you just turn your ringer off so no one would interrupt us? oh no, i... just used my geico app to get a tow truck. it's gonna be 30 minutes. oh, so that means that we won't be stuck up here, for hours, with nothing to do. oh i get it, you wanna pass the time, huh. (holds
. >>> still ahead, president obama will deliver his state of the union address tomorrow night. and we'll have more on what he is expected to tack about next. sue. >>> -- talk about. >>> and temperaturewise, we're starting to see more and more people pop into the warmer temperatures. i will let you know what we expect overnight, and you know what? a couple of chances for snow in the forecast, too. maybe you don't want to hear that. what is going in sports. >> not...
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. >>> president obama is expected to focus on the economy. tomorrow right niece state of the union speech. that remains the number one issue among voters. democrats and republicans say they are eager to hear the president's plan to get more unemployed people back to work during his second term in office. >> the sooner we begin to address our fiscal problem, i think the sooner the economy will begin to improve. >> the president is also expected to ask congress to invest more in education, clean energy, and repairing the nation's crumbling roads and bridges. he'll take his state of the union message on the road later this week with atlanta and chicago. >> the los angeles police department has now received more than 600 tips on the where abouts of christopher dorner. he's the excop now killer accused of murdering a police officer and a young couple. police are offering a $1 million reward for information that leads them to dorner. >>> and coming up on your only local news at 7:00, we'll show you how one man is using clothing to wage a war on bul
. >>> president obama is expected to focus on the economy. tomorrow right niece state of the union speech. that remains the number one issue among voters. democrats and republicans say they are eager to hear the president's plan to get more unemployed people back to work during his second term in office. >> the sooner we begin to address our fiscal problem, i think the sooner the economy will begin to improve. >> the president is also expected to ask congress to invest more...
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first lady michelle obama also attended her funeral. >>> the president is preparing to give his first state of the union address of his second term on tuesday tomorrow. the speech will search as a bookend to his inaugural address. presidential watchers say we could see new policies on issues. >>> three days later and people across much of the northeast are still digging out from a historic blizzard. some places getting more than 30-inches of snow. michelle miller reports for wjz from smith town. >> reporter: this is what a 32- mile stretch of the long island expressway looked like for much of the weekend. car after car buried under the snow. >> there were hundreds of residents literally who were within miles of making their way back to their houses when the snow just swallowed them up. >>> similar scenes unfolded across long island's roadways. even emergency vehicles were left stranded. >> if they would have had a plow we would have been home already. >> reporter: drivers huddled inside their frozen cars for warmth. many couldn't be freed until saturday. >> it came to a complete stand
first lady michelle obama also attended her funeral. >>> the president is preparing to give his first state of the union address of his second term on tuesday tomorrow. the speech will search as a bookend to his inaugural address. presidential watchers say we could see new policies on issues. >>> three days later and people across much of the northeast are still digging out from a historic blizzard. some places getting more than 30-inches of snow. michelle miller reports for...
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. >> reporter: for his part, president obama released a statement saying michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009, and i appreciated our work together over the last four years. while can it's true we don't know who will be picked by the college of cardinals to replace him, we know the cardinal whirl will take part in the selection. it's not been announced yet when the college of cardinals will meet in rome, will? >> y in idea about a timeline. how many americans do we know will participate? american cardinals in this vote? >> it's a small number. there are 118 cardinals earn the world under the age of 80 who will be able to take part in this. there are 10 american cardinals and this question of a possibility of an american pope came up a lot today. experts we talked to said when you have a pope stepping down the first time in 600 years, it's impossible to rule anything out. but longtime vatican watchers tell us it's unlikely at best. >> and tom fitzgerald, thank you. >> of course, the big question is who will succeed pope benedict xvi? there are a long lis
. >> reporter: for his part, president obama released a statement saying michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009, and i appreciated our work together over the last four years. while can it's true we don't know who will be picked by the college of cardinals to replace him, we know the cardinal whirl will take part in the selection. it's not been announced yet when the college of cardinals will meet in rome, will? >> y in idea about a timeline. how many...
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up there is nice to do to hook obama in to this. obama has nothing to do with this. military rules of retirement. >> eric: shrekively edit anything or do something wrong? aren't those his words saying we will take care of the people fighting for us overseas? >> greg: you disgust me. bob might have a point there. there is an interesting thing that nobody talks about. the left talks about waste when it comes to defense. they like big government unless it has to do with the military. if this wasn't the case the left would want the military every bit as big as social programs in america. they don't. that is weird. >> eric: imagine how much money we're wasting, tens of billions of dollars. this guy, who cares? if you win super bowl they give you money on top of salary. >> kimberly: what about the merit system. if you get up to seal team six, that takes skill and training. all of it. if it was something based on merit, why shouldn't they be paid more for the job they're doing? why not compensate. pay them what they're worth. a lot. >> dana: this is an issue that the republ
up there is nice to do to hook obama in to this. obama has nothing to do with this. military rules of retirement. >> eric: shrekively edit anything or do something wrong? aren't those his words saying we will take care of the people fighting for us overseas? >> greg: you disgust me. bob might have a point there. there is an interesting thing that nobody talks about. the left talks about waste when it comes to defense. they like big government unless it has to do with the military....
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plus both congress and president obama have said immigration reform must happen here in the u.s. but will the plan include a guest worker program will shine a light on the dark history of the u.s. guest program in the past. it's monday february eleventh five him in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you're watching our t.v. it's not a bird not quite a plane it's an unmanned aerial vehicle that's dominating newspaper headlines cable coverage and confirmation hearings these days but it's not necessarily the surveillance aspects that has everyone riled up it's the cold blooded characteristics of this machine that has the networks talking. officials inside the justice department have drafted a document saying the president has the legal authority to use drones the american government is launching a new war some of this country's seventy five hundred drones may be about to take off with new targets in their sights the secrecy the lack of transparency and lack of oversight of the drone program the issue of drones and extra judicial killings has become so mainstream that even former d
plus both congress and president obama have said immigration reform must happen here in the u.s. but will the plan include a guest worker program will shine a light on the dark history of the u.s. guest program in the past. it's monday february eleventh five him in washington d.c. i'm maggie lopez and you're watching our t.v. it's not a bird not quite a plane it's an unmanned aerial vehicle that's dominating newspaper headlines cable coverage and confirmation hearings these days but it's not...
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he's saying president obama is picking second class people. we'll be right back with the story of dick cheney. >>> also the white party. how did the gop become the home office for conservative whites? a fascinating new story in the new republic argues the cause is not overt racism but is based on the precivil war southern interpret tas of the constitution shared by modern day republicans, you know, secessi secession, nullification. >>> plus the man who shot osama bin laden, we don't know his name yet and have never seen his face yet, but the member of the s.e.a.l. team who pulled the trigger three times has told his story to esquire. we've got the author here tonight, phil bron steen. let me finish with some thoughts on the stipe of republican dick cheney leads. the kind that would believe in him. this is "hardball," the place for politics. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain che
he's saying president obama is picking second class people. we'll be right back with the story of dick cheney. >>> also the white party. how did the gop become the home office for conservative whites? a fascinating new story in the new republic argues the cause is not overt racism but is based on the precivil war southern interpret tas of the constitution shared by modern day republicans, you know, secessi secession, nullification. >>> plus the man who shot osama bin laden, we...
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president obama has said that energy independence and climate change or artifice second term agenda. you can watch the state of the union right here tomorrow night at 9:00. >> turning to today's weather. very dreary out there, but it was mild. >> if you are east, you are jury, but on the other side of the blue ridge, take a look. they started out the same way with the rain this morning and the low clouds, but through the day, these guys brighten up considerably. some blue sky. some fog hanging up in the ridges they're keeping the temperature skyrocketed into the 60's. a difference weather pattern for our viewers on the west. you have this cool, damp air. even then, temperatures have slowly been creeping up the last couple of hours. 66 in martinsburg. wins out of the northwest. annapolis, 49 degrees. here are the temperatures. interesting. 66 degrees in lexington. then you get west where the sunshine has been more prevalent. 65 degrees now in martinsburg. a whole different weather pattern. later tonight, a cold front will come through. we will get some clear skies area wide. we will b
president obama has said that energy independence and climate change or artifice second term agenda. you can watch the state of the union right here tomorrow night at 9:00. >> turning to today's weather. very dreary out there, but it was mild. >> if you are east, you are jury, but on the other side of the blue ridge, take a look. they started out the same way with the rain this morning and the low clouds, but through the day, these guys brighten up considerably. some blue sky. some...
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committee has scheduled a vote tomorrow afternoon i'm president obama's nomination of chuck hagel to be defense secretary. >> off and when she said she had the podium the first lady has the posting them and she chose to use it. i think i was a quote and i think really knowing that, it was after i made the presidential radio address about this at the trip and of women and children in afghanistan by the taliban and right after that i was here visiting jenna who was in texas. we went shopping and the ladies at the cosmetic counter who worked in the cosmetic counter in the department store came up and said bank you so much for speaking for women in afghanistan. that was really the first time that i thought, they heard me. and i think i knew intellectually that the first lady had a podium but i didn't really know it until i did that. half of the cuts would come from the pentagon and the other half from non-defense discretionary programs. today representatives of the defense contractors educational institutions and other groups held a news conference to call on congress to come up with an
committee has scheduled a vote tomorrow afternoon i'm president obama's nomination of chuck hagel to be defense secretary. >> off and when she said she had the podium the first lady has the posting them and she chose to use it. i think i was a quote and i think really knowing that, it was after i made the presidential radio address about this at the trip and of women and children in afghanistan by the taliban and right after that i was here visiting jenna who was in texas. we went...
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starting with the obama sequester. unless senate democrats allowed a reasonable spending cut alternative to pass this chamber before march 1, the president's plan will go into effect. the house passed legislation to avert the sequester months ago, but senate democrats have yet to pass an alternative bill that could go to conference. it took until this week for them to even say they would do an alternative, and the alternative they have come up with is clearly designed to fail. they knew this is coming more than a year ago. yet they still have not put forward a serious proposal of replacement spending cuts. what i colossal waste of time. at the beginning of the year, democrats promised things to be different, they promise to get their work done at the time, instead of five minutes before the deadline. the discussion would get committee consideration. we were going to go through the regular order. instead we find ourselves in sad and familiar territory. it goes something like this -- republicans identify a challenge and
starting with the obama sequester. unless senate democrats allowed a reasonable spending cut alternative to pass this chamber before march 1, the president's plan will go into effect. the house passed legislation to avert the sequester months ago, but senate democrats have yet to pass an alternative bill that could go to conference. it took until this week for them to even say they would do an alternative, and the alternative they have come up with is clearly designed to fail. they knew this is...
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. >>> president obama awarded a former army staff sergeant the medal of honor. he and 50 u.s. troops came under fire by hundreds of taliban fighters near pakistan's border in 2009. he now lives in north dakota with his wife and three kids. he will also be michelle obama's guest at the state of the union address. >>> a warning about a heart defect. >> might have one and you don't even know it. pepco's wireless smart meters. some customers say those meters are >>> irregular heartbeat, that's what several customers say they have been experiencing. after this new wireless meter was installed at their house. >> they are called smart meters and the majority of customers now have them. kristin fisher has been digging into this issue all day and kristen, how could these meters be bad for our health? >> well, the way these smart meters work is that they communicate with pepco wirelessly, which means they emit radio frequency radiation. the same thing as your cell phone. some customers believe that the radiation is causing some serious health problems. she has been sensitive to radiatio
. >>> president obama awarded a former army staff sergeant the medal of honor. he and 50 u.s. troops came under fire by hundreds of taliban fighters near pakistan's border in 2009. he now lives in north dakota with his wife and three kids. he will also be michelle obama's guest at the state of the union address. >>> a warning about a heart defect. >> might have one and you don't even know it. pepco's wireless smart meters. some customers say those meters are >>>...
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has been invited by texas congressman, and cleopatra pendleton will be a guest of first lady michelle obama. just days after participating in inauguration events. gun violence prevention is expected to be a big part of the president's speech along with immigration reform. >>> a mother and daughters in prince george's county murdered, now the former delivery man accuse of being a criminal mastermind has hi day in court. >>> and red light cameras, find out why some claim this new technology goes too far. and where you could see more and more of them. >>> just in time for valentine's day, liz crenshaw sorts through the best bouquets to find out which ones deliver the most bang for your buck. "news4 at 5" is just getting started. and...done. did you just turn your ringer off so no one would interrupt us? oh no, i... just used my geico app to get a tow truck. it's gonna be 30 minutes. oh, so that means that we won't be stuck up here, for hours, with nothing to do. oh i get it, you wanna pass the time, huh. (holds up phone) fruit ninja!!! emergency roadside assistance. just a click away with the
has been invited by texas congressman, and cleopatra pendleton will be a guest of first lady michelle obama. just days after participating in inauguration events. gun violence prevention is expected to be a big part of the president's speech along with immigration reform. >>> a mother and daughters in prince george's county murdered, now the former delivery man accuse of being a criminal mastermind has hi day in court. >>> and red light cameras, find out why some claim this...
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it brought us to grief in vietnam and iraq and may do so again with president obama's cold-blooded use of drones and his seeming indifference to so-called "collateral damage" otherwise known as innocent bystanders. by the standards of slaughter in vietnam the deaths by drone are hardly a blip on the consciousness of official washington. but we have to wonder if each one -- a young boy gathering wood at dawn, unsuspecting of his imminent annihilation, the student picking up the wrong hitchhikers, that tribal elder standing up against fanatics -- doesn't give rise to second thoughts by those judges who prematurely handed our president the nobel prize for peace. better they had kept it on the shelf in hopeful waiting, untarnished. at our website, billmoyers.com, we've added to our extensive coverage of drone warfare and counterterrorism, including an update from last week's guest, vicki divoll, a former legal advisor to the cia. that's all at billmoyers.com. i'll see you there and i'll see you here, next time. ♪ ♪ >>> don't wait a week to get more moyers. visit billmoyers.com for excl
it brought us to grief in vietnam and iraq and may do so again with president obama's cold-blooded use of drones and his seeming indifference to so-called "collateral damage" otherwise known as innocent bystanders. by the standards of slaughter in vietnam the deaths by drone are hardly a blip on the consciousness of official washington. but we have to wonder if each one -- a young boy gathering wood at dawn, unsuspecting of his imminent annihilation, the student picking up the wrong...
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americans are prepared to tune into their president's big speech with barack obama to make his state of the union address on tuesday for the first time after his reelection a bomber will speak before congress and the nation to share his plan on restoring prosperity for the middle class based economies max wolf told me earlier that obama needs to put his promises into action to enlist people's support. i mean i think there's going to be three reasons we're going to see this focused on one the state of the union this time tomorrow night comes right after the inaugural speech the second inauguration which was very light on the economy and came in for some significant criticism from allies on usually as well as from foes of the president so he needs to address that to the economy is still the biggest issue in the united states and three the president has a very good track record in many areas and they weakest area and unfortunately for him one of the most important is in terms of delivering the goods as it were economically we are already seeing a weak economy here so it will probably be
americans are prepared to tune into their president's big speech with barack obama to make his state of the union address on tuesday for the first time after his reelection a bomber will speak before congress and the nation to share his plan on restoring prosperity for the middle class based economies max wolf told me earlier that obama needs to put his promises into action to enlist people's support. i mean i think there's going to be three reasons we're going to see this focused on one the...
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obama in the gallery tomorrow night. can he change the outcome as a result of what he might say tomorrow night? because it's not looking great as far as really significant changes, legislative changes are concerned. >> you know, i think the president going to address gun safety issues tomorrow and perhaps put back on the table universal background checks as something that most reasonable people in this country agree upon. the vice president has also made a big push, an initiative to get sheriffs and law enforcement officials. gabby giffords will also be sitting in that audience tomorrow. several members of congress are inviting people who have been victims of gun violence in their local areas who also come and listen to the president. but i think tomorrow night the president will want to talk to the american people about the state of the economy, about job creation, about what it will take to get this economy strong and vibrant so we can put people back to work as well. >> do you think on guns, ana, he can get any major
obama in the gallery tomorrow night. can he change the outcome as a result of what he might say tomorrow night? because it's not looking great as far as really significant changes, legislative changes are concerned. >> you know, i think the president going to address gun safety issues tomorrow and perhaps put back on the table universal background checks as something that most reasonable people in this country agree upon. the vice president has also made a big push, an initiative to get...
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. >>> president obama reacted with this statement today. he said -- on behalf of americans everywhere, michelle and i wish to extend our precious and prayers to his holyness pope benedict xiv. michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009 and i've appreciated our work together over the last four years. the church plays a critical role in the united states and the world, an i wish the best to those who will soon gather to his pope benedict xiv's successor. >>> d.c.'s catholic community is also reacting to the surprising announcement. news4's tony tull talked with the archbishop of washington and church-goers about the pope's decision to step down. >> pope benedict xiv to resign. >>> not that long ago i was in rome and the holy father made no indication at all. >> though the cardinal would not specifically comment on who may take pope benedict's place, he did mention however the impact he will leave behind. >> pope benedict xiv's legacy is his engagement of faith with the modern world. >> randy thomas was on his way
. >>> president obama reacted with this statement today. he said -- on behalf of americans everywhere, michelle and i wish to extend our precious and prayers to his holyness pope benedict xiv. michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009 and i've appreciated our work together over the last four years. the church plays a critical role in the united states and the world, an i wish the best to those who will soon gather to his pope benedict xiv's successor....
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i understand the fears of progressives as obama conducts a foreign policy that looks like bush's. i am not pro-drone. i am pro-destroying al qaeda. i am pro-protecting america. i am pro-a better drone program and i am pro ending this war as soon as we can but i fear that's a long way away. as douglas macarthur said, only the dead have seen the end of war, and we may now be in a permanent war. okay. that does it for "the cycle." martin, it's yours. >> passionate patriotism from toure. thank you. it's monday, february 11th, and a pope has abdicated, the president prepares to face the nation, but republicans are still stuck on benghazi. >> the president's state of the union address. could be the president's last best chance to address a captive audience. >> do republicans have the leverage now? >> none of the things i ran on as part of the tea party have been fixed. >> i don't want to live with this sequester. >> how do we get growth with jobs? >> no confirmation without information. >> are you going to support him for defense secretary? >> i will see the rest of the answers to his q
i understand the fears of progressives as obama conducts a foreign policy that looks like bush's. i am not pro-drone. i am pro-destroying al qaeda. i am pro-protecting america. i am pro-a better drone program and i am pro ending this war as soon as we can but i fear that's a long way away. as douglas macarthur said, only the dead have seen the end of war, and we may now be in a permanent war. okay. that does it for "the cycle." martin, it's yours. >> passionate patriotism from...
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the performance of barack obama as he staffs up the national security team for the second term is dismal. let me read that again. the performance of barack obama as he staffs up the national security team for the second term is dismal. julian, i'm only surprised he didn't go on to dismiss the president's shooting skills. what's your response there to mr. cheney? >> that's right. when it comes to making comments on choosing staff, dick cheney is the national gargoyle. he was the only guy in charge of a vp selection process who ended up choosing himself. the hypocrisy is mind blowing. here is a guy going after two decorated war veterans who himself had five determents, who was quoted as saying he had better things to do. a guy who lied us in war in iraq. he mismanaged the effort in afghanistan by ignoring it a great deal of the time. a guy on whose watch 9/11 occurred. i mean, here is a guy who failed to get osama bin laden in bora bora. here is a guy who had so many failures on his watch in foreign policy going after two decorated war veterans and an administration record that's been extr
the performance of barack obama as he staffs up the national security team for the second term is dismal. let me read that again. the performance of barack obama as he staffs up the national security team for the second term is dismal. julian, i'm only surprised he didn't go on to dismiss the president's shooting skills. what's your response there to mr. cheney? >> that's right. when it comes to making comments on choosing staff, dick cheney is the national gargoyle. he was the only guy...
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apple stock up about .5% right now, we just learned that tim cooke will be seated next to michelle obama at the president's state of the union address tomorrow night in washington, d.c. that should be very interesting. i wonder what that's going to be about. the stock up 1% today. the dow lower. we're coming off the low right now. i pointed out earlier that the s&p has been down every monday this year. that's five trading days. here's what the s&p has done year to date. we don't get the knnuances of t trading here. but so far up 6 1/3%. peter costa -- >> yes. >> you've told us as a skeptic you threw in the towel recently and were willing to buy this market. >> it was right after i spoke to ralph. >> he considered you to turn bullish. >> he did. >> but you have to admit this market is getting tired here, don't you think? >> if you look at the market where we're down 19 today, i think we'll churn a bit. i think this churning might go on for probably another couple of months. but i don't think the market's -- it's not done yet. i just think that right now we're going to be in a pausing phas
apple stock up about .5% right now, we just learned that tim cooke will be seated next to michelle obama at the president's state of the union address tomorrow night in washington, d.c. that should be very interesting. i wonder what that's going to be about. the stock up 1% today. the dow lower. we're coming off the low right now. i pointed out earlier that the s&p has been down every monday this year. that's five trading days. here's what the s&p has done year to date. we don't get the...
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the former speaker dismisses that, and president obama says as much, and tomorrow he is expected to say much more. and proving the government and at the rate it is going, it is going to break all of that. but not if this superhero has anything to say about it. >> anyway, the colorado state treasurer who believes very much in the superhero but is very concerned about the not so superheroics going on in washington. always good to have you. what do you make of this? >> well, neil, welcome back. can give you 15-1/2 trillion reasons why we do have a spending problem. but beyond a spending problem we have a pelosi problem. what i mean by that is we have a collective ignorance on the part of legislative leaders and the presidents a economic advisedders who do not have any kind of business experience, even recognize this is a threat, huge threat, and if you look -- what do people do when they're confronted with the threat? in the private sector, they diagnosis the problem, map it out, and then work to fix the problem -- >> not if they don't see it as a problem. they -- itch the issue is, we see
the former speaker dismisses that, and president obama says as much, and tomorrow he is expected to say much more. and proving the government and at the rate it is going, it is going to break all of that. but not if this superhero has anything to say about it. >> anyway, the colorado state treasurer who believes very much in the superhero but is very concerned about the not so superheroics going on in washington. always good to have you. what do you make of this? >> well, neil,...
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obama asked us to do. whenever we occupy these public positions throughout the city or throughout the state or throughout the nation, we do the right thing, we keep the doors of opportunity open and enriched for everybody else. and we're already seeing it happen. yesterday i was at the luncheon for the boys and girls club, wonderful, wonderful entity that's reaching out to all of our young high school kids and make sure they're motivated to go to college. you should have heard them talk about their futures. you should also hear them ask for our help, because i know as much as anybody else that our kids will inherit the good things that we do. they will also inherit the things that we fail to do. and i'm about making sure that we fail less in the things that we're obligated to do for our generations. that's why i'm investing in education. personally, and with all of my administration, i personally adopted the 12 middle schools in this city to make sure that the truancy goes down, is not eliminated, that the
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and when you make barack obama angry, he turns in to the rock-obama. >> i like it. i wouldn't mind seeing a tougher president at the state of the union tomorrow night but who's it for? us or for congress? guest spot is a white house insider who knows what goes in to framing a white house speech in to action. with us now is obama for america michael blake. michael, thank you so much for joining us. >> great being with you. >> s.e.? >> yeah. michael, we were all sort of talking about this before the show. the state of the union, is it your feeling that it's more a conversation between the president and the american people or the president and congress? steve was reminding us all that it started out for a way for president to talk to congress and since 1966, i believe, we have had an opposition response from congress so that seems to be maybe the historical interpretation but there's also reason to believe the president is speaking to the public since we have had the invent of the televisio television. what is your take? >> it is the conversation with the people. we do
and when you make barack obama angry, he turns in to the rock-obama. >> i like it. i wouldn't mind seeing a tougher president at the state of the union tomorrow night but who's it for? us or for congress? guest spot is a white house insider who knows what goes in to framing a white house speech in to action. with us now is obama for america michael blake. michael, thank you so much for joining us. >> great being with you. >> s.e.? >> yeah. michael, we were all sort of...
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americans are preparing what we just talked about americans going to listen to what obama has to say about that let's look at some other news now in brief from around the world in a world update at least ten people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded at a crossing on the syrian border the explosives were reportedly packed into a car carrying humanitarian aid which of those killed are said to be syrian nationals dozens of ambulances were dispatched to the scene the area has been a focus of the almost two year long battle between syrian rebels and government forces. the government opposition in bahrain of launch a new round of reconciliation talks the first such meeting in two years of political crisis pro-reform campaign is a calling on the government to deal with police brutality and perceived discrimination meanwhile the opposition has cast doubts on the intentions of the talks saying they are just a bluff to calm the unrest activists say there's too much power concentrated in the hands of the sunni monocle. two women are being killed at a shooti
americans are preparing what we just talked about americans going to listen to what obama has to say about that let's look at some other news now in brief from around the world in a world update at least ten people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded at a crossing on the syrian border the explosives were reportedly packed into a car carrying humanitarian aid which of those killed are said to be syrian nationals dozens of ambulances were dispatched to the...
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americans are preparing what we just talked about the americans going to listen to what obama has to say sorry about that let's look at some other news now in brief from around the world in a world update at least ten people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded at a crossing on the turkey syrian border explosives were reportedly packed into a car carrying humanitarian aid which of those killed are said to be syrian nationals dozens of ambulances were dispatched to the scene the area has been a focus of the almost two year long battle between syrian rebels and government forces. government opposition in bahrain of launch a new round of reconciliation talks the first such meeting in two years a political crisis profile campaigners according on the government to deal with police brutality and perceived discrimination the more your position is cast doubts on the intentions of the talks saying they are just a bluff to calm the unrest activists say there's too much power concentrated in the hands of the sunni political. also the world update the two wome
americans are preparing what we just talked about the americans going to listen to what obama has to say sorry about that let's look at some other news now in brief from around the world in a world update at least ten people have reportedly been killed and dozens injured after a car bomb exploded at a crossing on the turkey syrian border explosives were reportedly packed into a car carrying humanitarian aid which of those killed are said to be syrian nationals dozens of ambulances were...
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reporter: the white house also released a statement in president obama's name in which the president said in part, quote, michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009, and i have appreciated our work together over these last four years. the church plays a critical role in the united states and the world, and i wish the best to those who will soon gary to choose his holies in, pope benedict xvi's successor. the british prime minister pope of his donary's affection for the pope. and the french president called the decision courageous, and appears that is a growing view among many in the catholic world, that while this is now a time of some trepidation as they award a successor being appointed. this was in the end a very personal decision by pope benedict xvi and in the eyes of many, absolutely the right one. greg? >> jonathan hunt, thanks very much. we showed you a comment by thary. -- shop of washington, dc. he will be a guest this evening on special report, 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> the big question for a billion catholics today, who will be the next pope
reporter: the white house also released a statement in president obama's name in which the president said in part, quote, michelle and i warmly remember our meeting with the holy father in 2009, and i have appreciated our work together over these last four years. the church plays a critical role in the united states and the world, and i wish the best to those who will soon gary to choose his holies in, pope benedict xvi's successor. the british prime minister pope of his donary's affection for...